[SIZE=7]Ancelotti: “I had never before seen a whole stadium being racist, they should have suspended the game”[/SIZE]
Story by Euan McTear • 5h ago
Carlo Ancelotti appeared in the Mestalla press room on Sunday night, for a press conference that was entirely about Vinícius after the Brazilian suffered racist abuse and was sent off in the 1-0 defeat. He was being held by the Valencia player and he tried to break free and they show him a red card. We’re all with him. He is sad, of course. Not angry, sad…When Vinícius was shown the red card, the whole stadium was shouting ‘mono’ (‘monkey’). I’m very sad about this.”
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Ancelotti: “I had never before seen a whole stadium being racist, they should have suspended the game”
The coach started off by addressing the issue in general terms. He stated: “There was a very heated and bad atmosphere and I asked him if he wanted to keep playing. I think it’s bad that I even had to think about substituting off a player because the atmosphere was racist. I should be taking players off if they don’t play well or for rest, but never because they were the subject of racist abuse. What happened today I have seen other times, but not quite like this. This was unacceptable. The Spanish league has a problem. The problem isn’t Vinícius. He is the victim. What should be done? I’m not the best-placed person to answer that, but you can’t play football like this. I’d be saying the same if we had won. We lost today and it was tough to find the motivation, but what happened is so serious. You can’t throw another ball on the pitch during an attack and insult Vinícius. Then, they showed him a red card at the end. I’m very sad. The Spanish league is a league with great teams and a good atmosphere, but we have to stop this. We’re in 2023. Racism shouldn’t exist.”
